Bottom line is the only reason that makes any real sense.
The rational has variously been that it was inaccurate, but it isn't as
inaccurate as stop down metering can be.
Space in the camera has been touted as an issue, but the K-1, (and for
that matter the K10/20D), cameras aren't that small, so there's probably
space it would probably have required slightly different packaging.
The only one that makes sense is Pentax thought that they could get away
with orphaning all those K mount lenses prior to the A series and add a
few bucks per unit to the bottom line. The Shit Storm that hit them was
a huge surprise, (which shows how tone deaf a company can be), so they
got some software engineers to institute the green button kludge.
I doubt that leaving the aperture simulator off the original *ist Film
camera and *ist-D saved them much more than ¥5000 in manufacturing
costs, but over the production run of several hundred thousand cameras
that kind of savings is nothing to sneeze at.
On 2/24/2016 9:45 AM, John wrote:
I'm sure I've asked this before and had it explained to me, but can
someone give me a rationale for why Pentax got rid of the aperture
simulator, and perhaps why they don't bring it back since so many Pentax
users want it? I gather that it would make Pentax DSLRs even more
backwards compatible with Pentax's legendary glass?
I don't really have an opinion either way regarding the aperture
simulator since the few 'M' lenses I do have work quite happily with my
K1000 & LX.
On 2/23/2016 11:16 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
It has no aperture simulator so it supports them the same way every
Pentax DSLR since the *ist-D has.
On 2/23/2016 9:32 PM, mail1 wrote:
The question is will the K-1 support non KA M lenses?
Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: pentax/tokina 24-70/2.8
I´ve tried it on K-3 and at least in that format it is great. «Kenspo»
on Pentaxforums is almost a neighbour and he loves it for rock
conserts and models. Very good flare control and sharpness. We will
see soon if it is works on K-1 he claims to be the first to get one
(or two).
DagT
19. feb. 2016 kl. 20.18 skrev Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>:
What’s the consensus on this lens? That’s a focal length I’m going to
need, but i haven’t read much about it.
Paul
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